Vita Marissa

Vita Marissa (born 4 January 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player.

Career
Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair and Natalie Munt of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Marissa and Widianto lost to Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark 15–12, 15–8. In September 2008 Marissa and her new partner Muhammad Rijal won in mixed doubles at the Japan Super Series after beating Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir 14–21, 21–15, 21–19 in the all Indonesian final.

In early 2009, she resigned from the Indonesia National Team and is no longer a PBSI player.

She continues her career as independent professional with her partner Flandy Limpele and her friend Nadya Melati, also a former national team player in women's doubles.

Olympic Games

 * 2008 Summer Olympics at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China


 * 2004 Summer Olympics at the Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece

Participation with Indonesian team

 * 4 times at Sudirman Cup (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007)

BWF World Championships
Mixed doubles

Asian Games
Mixed doubles

Asian Championships
Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

SEA Games
Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

World Junior Championships
Girls' doubles

Asian Junior Championships
Girls' doubles

BWF Superseries (5 titles, 5 runners-up)
The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Marissa played with many partners such as Nova Widianto, Liliyana Natsir, Muhammad Rijal and Flandy Limpele.

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles
 * BWF Superseries Finals tournament
 * BWF Superseries Premier tournament
 * BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (15 titles, 20 runners-up)
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles
 * BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
 * BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Women's doubles

Mixed doubles
 * BWF International Challenge tournament
 * BWF International Series tournament

National team

 * Junior level


 * Senior level

Individual competitions

 * Junior level


 * Senior level

Personal life
When Marissa was young, she joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club. Her parents were Aris Harsono (father) and Yulianawati (mother). Her hobbies are billiards, swimming, and watching movies. Generally people call her Vita. After she has finished all competitions, no matter what the result were, she always makes a symbol of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. In 2008, as the oldest player in Uber Cup team, she was appointed as the team captain.